Heinz Biehn

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Heinz Biehn (born August 26, 1908 in Mainz , † December 31, 1975 ) was a German museum director and director of the administration of the State Palaces and Gardens of Hesse .

Heinz Biehn studied art history in Heidelberg and Vienna . In Heidelberg he received his doctorate in 1933 with a thesis on the history of the German central building until 1500. He then worked at the Museum of the City of Worms and then headed the Antiquities Museum and the Picture Gallery in his home town of Mainz. At the beginning of the Second World War he was called up for military service.

After the war, Biehn headed the Wiesbaden Central Collecting Point of the US military government . In 1960 he took over the management of the Hessian State Museum in Darmstadt , and in 1961 he became the first trained art historian to head the administration of the State Palaces and Gardens of Hesse in Bad Homburg.

In addition, he wrote books on wide-ranging historical and art-historical topics as well as geographical titles about his hometown Mainz, the Rheingau and the Taunus. In 1973, Heinz Biehn received the Federal Cross of Merit, 1st class, on his retirement . He died as a result of an operation.

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SURNAME Biehn, Heinz
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German art historian and museum director
DATE OF BIRTH August 26, 1908
PLACE OF BIRTH Mainz , Grand Duchy of Hesse, Germany
DATE OF DEATH December 31, 1975